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Robert Clyde Allen

Author of Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism

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Also includes: Robert C. Allen (1)

Works by Robert Clyde Allen

Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism (1987) 131 copies

Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (1991) 73 copies, 1 review

The Television Studies Reader (2003) 26 copies

To be Continued. . .: Soap Operas Around the World (1995) 18 copies

Speaking of Soap Operas (1985) 8 copies

Vaudeville and Film (Dissertations on film 1980) (1980) 2 copies

Associated Works

Film Before Griffith (1983) — Contributor — 20 copies

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19th century (2) academic (3) American history (3) burlesque (7) communications (2) comparative-media-studies-writing (subject) (2) criticism (4) cultural studies (10) culture (4) essays (3) film (3) garage (2) history (8) literature (subject) (2) literature/21l-715-media-in-cultural-context-spring-2007 (course) (2) media (17) media studies (12) MIT OCW (2) Moore (2) non-fiction (22) pop culture (8) reading (2) school (2) School of Humanities. Arts. and Social Sciences (school) (2) sociology (8) television (31) television studies (3) to-read (4) TV criticism (2) USA (3)

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Birthdate: 1950
Gender: male

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Horrible Prettiness : Burlesque and American culture by Robert C. Allen

A very scholarly work on the earliest forms of burlesque, before striptease came into the picture.

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George Freedley Memorial Award

Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Winner – 1992)

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Works: 6
Also by: 1
Members: 258
Popularity: #88,949
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 25

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